IV CONTENTS. 



HORTICULTURE. 



Page. 



Pollination of the apple, Lewis and Vincent 636 



The culture of the pear, Powell 637 



Protecting fruits from late frost, Lancaster and Skeggs 637 



On the grafting of American grapes, von Jablanczy 637 



Report of the grape-improving station, Geisenheim-Eibingen, Fischer 637 



Culture of small fruits, Lewis and Cole 637 



The coffee plantations of Tonkin, Cramer 637 



Date palm culture and commerce in Nefzaoua, Jeangerard 638 



Report of the inspector of coconut plantations for the year 1908, Brown 638 



Report on the activities in pomology and gardening, Junge 638 



FORESTRY. 



Measm-ements of effects of forest cover on conservation of snow waters, Mattoon . 638 



The effect of frost upon the green and blue forms of Douglas fir, Zederbauer. . . 639 



A study of pifion pine, Phillips 639 



Eucalypts cultivated in the fnited States, Westergaard, jr 639 



Four years' experience growing rubber trees on Basilan, Miller 639 



A list of the trees of the State of Florida, Gifford 639 



Native trees of the Hudson River Valley, Taylor 639 



Forest flora and forest resources of Portuguese East Africa, Sim 639 



Forest statistics 640 



Administration report of Forest Department of Madras Presidency for 1908 640 



Impregnation of beech ties with copper arsenite, von Lorenz 640 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Annual report on plant diseases, Hollrung 640 



The diseases of plants due to mineral substances in the soil, Roux 640 



Report of the plant pathologist, Evans 640 



Diseases and pests of cereals, Pye 641 



The mildews of cereals, Reed 641 



Experiments relating to rust and smut resistance, Mc Alpine 641 



Bunt, or stinking smut of wheat, Heald 642 



Methods of combating the smut diseases of cereals, Appel 642 



Anthracnose of beans, Wilcox and Temple 642 



Observations on some diseases of beets. Griffon and Maublanc 642 



The end or fiber rot of ginseng seedUngs, ^\^letzel ^ 643 



Dry rot of the potato, Lounsbury 643 



Brown rot or t\vig blight, Froggatt 643 



Two prevalent cherry diseases, Hein 643 



A fungus-like appearance on imported and exported apple trees, Mc Alpine 643 



Bitter pit of the apple, McAlpine 643 



Downy mildew of the grape, Hein 643 



Treatment of downy rnildew, Belle and Fondard 644 



The blister rust of pines and the European currant rust, Atwood 644 



Peridermium strobi in America, Spaulding 644 



Cedar rust, Hein 644 



The appearance of the oak mildew in Sologne, Noffray 645 



The so-called canker of poplar trees. Hoc 645 



A disease of rose twigs 645 



Spraying calendar 645 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY— ENTOMOLO(iY. 



Officials concerned with protection of birds and game, 1909, Palmer 645 



Annual re\dew of investigations in general biology 645 



The balance of natme. Abbey 645 



The rat problem, Boelter • 645 



Distribution of the rat plague in Mexico, Macias 646 



The economic value of some common birds, Criddle 646 



Birds of the Boston public garden, Wright 646 



The birds of Washington, Dawson and Bowles 646 



Index to Bulletin of Cooper Ornithological Club and Condor, 1899-1908, Kaeding. 646 



